Cuando quiero llorar no lloro
Encyclopedia
Cuando quiero llorar no lloro ("When I Mourn I Don't Cry") was the fifth novel by Venezuelan writer Miguel Otero Silva
published on June 25, 1970. It is considered one most important of Silva's works and of Venezuelan literature in general. The book is set within the historical events of Venezuela during the 1950s and 1960s, and exposes the social and political conditions of Venezuela of that period of time. According to Silva's wife, the novel was written during a four month long retreat at the Villa Guillichini, a medieval castle he owned in Arezzo, Italy.
The novel was made into a film by Maurice Wallerstein in 1973 and produced as a miniseries
in Colombia
in 1991. In 2009 the miniseries was adapted to the telenovela
format under the title The Victorinos by the American channel Telemundo
. At the time of its release on June 23, the telenovela captured the largest audience in the history of that channel..
.
Youth, divine treasure,
And you'll never return!
When I mourn, do not cry ...
and sometimes I cry without wanting ...
Miguel Otero Silva
Miguel Otero Silva , was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, humorist and politician. Remaining a figure of great reference in Venezuelan literature, his literary and journalistic works were strictly related to the social and political history of Venezuela.-Life:Born in Barcelona, Anzoátegui State,...
published on June 25, 1970. It is considered one most important of Silva's works and of Venezuelan literature in general. The book is set within the historical events of Venezuela during the 1950s and 1960s, and exposes the social and political conditions of Venezuela of that period of time. According to Silva's wife, the novel was written during a four month long retreat at the Villa Guillichini, a medieval castle he owned in Arezzo, Italy.
The novel was made into a film by Maurice Wallerstein in 1973 and produced as a miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
in 1991. In 2009 the miniseries was adapted to the telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
format under the title The Victorinos by the American channel Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. At the time of its release on June 23, the telenovela captured the largest audience in the history of that channel..
Title
The title poem honors the song Autumn Spring by the Nicaraguan poet Rubén DaríoRubén Darío
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
.
Youth, divine treasure,
And you'll never return!
When I mourn, do not cry ...
and sometimes I cry without wanting ...